Hi
Risperidone. Before the consultant prescribed this for my mother. as she was refusing to take Quietiapine and this wasn't available in liquid form, he phoned me to say, that there had been reports of risperidone causing strokes, I agreed to try it. She did calm down, but after approx 10 days on this drug, she took a turn for the worse.
I believe, although I am no medic that she had, had a slight stroke.
Risperidone was stopped, but her agitation became very severe and she was admitted to a psychiatric ward in hospital.
Haloperidol. Mum was prescribed this drug whilst in hospital, along with various other sedatives. (Diazepam, Lorazepam, Mirtazipine, to name a few) She was stooped approx 90 degrees and just about comatose.
She was then discharged into a continuing care home, where she was weaned off Haloperidol and the other drugs reduced. She is no longer stooped or comatose.
I have spoken to a few unit managers in dementia care homes and they have all said that they try to get their patients off Haloperidol as soon as possible.
Sorry, I don't want to be a scaremonger, but anti-psychotics frighten me, because I have seen what they have done to my Mother.
However, I suppose they can help some people, but Haloperidol is one of the old types of anti-psychotics.
Alfjess